A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Ostes, -eis, n. [ME. (c 1290) and OF. ostesse (12th c. in Littré).] A hostess; spec., the mistress of an inn or boarding-house. = Hostes n. —1545 Doug. Corr. 156.
It is no gudnes that siche ane lowde fallo, that hes marit my ostes, sowld heif my guddis, that he hes no rycht nor taytille to Brus iv. 635 (H).
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